Mortality trends in noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in the 1943-2000 period.

Aims: To investigate the major aspects of mortality in patients with noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), from 1942 till 2000.

Subjects And Methods: We performed a retrospective study in 9698 noninsulin-treated T2DM patients, 5001 (51.6%) males and 4695 (48.